Improvement in rein-holders



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEioE.

CALEB GONDERMAN, OF HORNELLSVILLE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN RElN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,964, dated December11, 1877; application filed September 18, 1877.

'drawin g, in which- Figure l is a front view of my invention; Fig. 2, asection through line X X, Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 represents an end view ofone of the forked arms.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple, durable rein-holdingdevice that can be easily and firmly attached to the dashboard; and itconsists of two spring-plates combined with forked arms and a groovedvertical brace, by which it is held rigidly in place, as will be moreclearly hereinafter shown by reference to the drawings, in which A Brepresent the forked arms. They are either cast in onepiece with parts IJ, or may be made separately, and riveted so as to be rigidly fastenedto the upper part of the brace E, as shown. I A B represent the forkedends of the arms A B. They are formed so as to clasp over the edge ofthe dash-board K, as shown by the dotted lines in Figs. 1 and'3.

F is a groove in the upper part of the brace E, made to correspond inform to the forks A B, and is arranged in a line therewith, so as toclasp over the dash-board in the same way.

G H are the spring plates or clamps, arranged to swing on the joints orpivots I J, and are kept up together by spiral springs I, a portion ofthe spring-plate G in Fig. l'being broken away so as to expose one ofthe said springs.

The device is rigidly fastened to the dashboard by means of the forkedportions of the arms A B, the groove F, and screws or bolts L, as shown.

C D represent two downwardly-projecting pieces for limiting the forwardmovement of the spring-clamps G H, so that their clamping ends, whichact independently, cannot be made to pass each other by the springswhile the reins are not between them, and so that they will always be inthe proper position for catching and holding the reins when required.

I claim as my invention- A rein-holder composed of the forked arms A B,projections O D, spring-clamps G H, and the vertical brace E, having a'groove, F, substantially as and for the purposes described.

GALEB OONDEBMAN. Witnesses:

WM. S. GnosvENoR, JAMES SANGSTER.

